AfricanGrower
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X2 black vinyl tubing ½ id (inner diameter)
X2 vinyl tubing ¾ id
X1 T-connector ½ outer diameter
X1 210GPH submersible water pump
X2 5gal buckets
X2 sunleaves fill & drain kit
X1 45gal reservoir tank (overkill I know
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I first took the black vinyl tubing and cut a good 3in off the end.
![20130816_221924.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130816_221924.jpg)
Then attached that to the bottom part of the T-connecter and the remaining two black vinyl tubing on each cross section.
![20130816_222031.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130816_222031.jpg)
Once the pump comes into play it should look something like this
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Instead of drilling holes in the bottom side of the 5gal as Capn did, I opted to put the ½ in fill hole on the bottom of each bucket
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Connecting the ¾ in tubing to the top drain pipe and the ½ in tubing to the bottom-side fill pipe.
![20130816_221550.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130816_221550.jpg)
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I filled the 45gal reservoir halfway, anticipating about 20-25 gal to work with.
![20130817_101553_Richtone_HDR_.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130817_101553_Richtone_HDR_.jpg)
After placing the pump in and turning the system on, the 5gal buckets took 4min to fill and once the system turned off, around 5min to drain.
![20130817_103832_Richtone_HDR_.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130817_103832_Richtone_HDR_.jpg)
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I then refilled the reservoir and turned the pump to the lowest setting. I also decided to take out the blue top fill and bottom-sided drain ‘caps’ giving a more ‘complete’ fill & drain effect.
![20130817_104553_Richtone_HDR_.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130817_104553_Richtone_HDR_.jpg)
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This system took around 8min to fill and 9min to drain, giving a total of 17min each bucket. Anticipating the water displacement created by the rock wool cube, this time might shorten to around 13-15min each bucket, which I think is near perfect, no?
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There was some slight leaking in the 1 ¼ in hole the fill & drain kit was attached to. And I took care of this problem later with some epoxy.
![20130817_104133_Richtone_HDR_.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/500/20130817_104133_Richtone_HDR_.jpg)
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